Reporting directly to the Director of Centro Latinx, the Associate Director will serve as a key member of Centro Latinx within the broader context of the Belonging and Community Justice (BCJ) area.
BCJ is comprised of six identity spaces at Emory that serve as a hub of support for students to matriculate to and through the university and includes the Asian Student Center (ASC); Centro Latinx; the Emory Black Student Union (EBSU); Emory First; the Center for Women at Emory (CWE); and LGBT Life. BCJ promotes dynamic and cohesive learning by creating space for individual, cultural, and communal development. BCJ's value of ensuring every student belongs and graduates is central to all programming, events, and initiatives within and across the respective identity spaces.
Centro Latinx at Emory University is an identity space focused on supporting all Emory undergraduate, graduate and professional students including women and gender diverse students and Latinx students. Centro Latinx is led by a Director and supported by the Associate Director and Assistant Directors. Centro Latinx also employees several undergraduate and graduate student staff supervised by the associate and assistant directors.
This position is student-centered and responsible for supporting the director's strategic vision and alignment of Emory resources to coordinate and assess community relevant programs and services to support access, academic progress, sense of belonging, persistence, and retention of students who find their place in in Centro Latinx. Support collaboration amongst other identity spaces within BCJ (Asian Student Center; Centro Latinx; Center for Women at Emory, Emory First; and Emory Black Student Union) as well as colleagues across Emory Campus Life, Provost areas, and the university as a whole to develop intentional planning and implementation of programs and resources focused on students' salient and non-salient identities and intersectionality while also promoting a university culture of inclusion where students from all identities can thrive.
Responsible for program development and implementation, student development, and collaboration with students. Supports students and their personal and professional development. Actively engages in student advising and forges strong partnerships across campus to enhance the services available to Latinx students and the broader student body.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Student Support & Supervision
- Provides and develops resources to all Latinx undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
- Serves as an advisor for student organizations supporting Latinx students.
- Collaborates with student organizations and campus partners leading high impact practices for Latinx students.
- Refers Latinx students to appropriate campus resources for support, as needed (i.e. Student Involvement, Leadership, and Transitions, Student Case Management and Intervention Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, etc).
- Meets one-on-one with all students who request assistance in collaboration with the Centro Latinx Team.
- Creates reflective spaces for Latinx students to celebrate their cultural identities.
- Supervises, leads, mentors, and designs professional development opportunities for Centro Latinx professional and student staff. Supervision of staff may include the following groups: undergraduate student staff, graduate student staff, and/or assistant director(s).
- Responds and supports leadership in crisis situations in accordance with university policies and protocols.
Emory and Campus Life Program Development:
- Develops, coordinates, and executes comprehensive and consistent Centro Latinx programs and services designed to support Emory's Student Flourishing Initiative with an additional focus on programs and services related to graduate students.
- Creates and implements outcome-based, innovative, and transformative programs that invite all students to communicate across social identities.
- Coordinates efforts to welcome Latinx students to Emory, including those transitioning from the Oxford Campus.
- Leads the planning and implementation efforts to celebrate Latinx students throughout Latinx Heritage Month.
- Designs assessment tools to gather quantitative and qualitative program data and trends.
- Supports the BCJ areas and initiatives as well as other units within Campus Life.
- Creates and presents educational engagement opportunities for students in collaboration with the Director.
- Develops and collaborates with the Director on Latinx student focused presentations, conferences, retreats, and workshops.
- Cultivates and strengthens relationships with colleagues across the university including alumni.
- Supports Emory, Campus Life, and the other BCJ areas via committee work, projects, and initiatives that serve the campus broadly, such as:
- Dean of Students portfolio retreats
- Strategic planning committees
- Assessment committees
- Pre-Orientation and Orientation planning meetings
- Large-scale community and university-wide programs
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor or their delegate.
Communication & Marketing
- Leads office newsletters content creation and implementation that is in alignment with the Centro Latinx, BCJ, Campus Life, and Emory University guidelines.
- Assists in the content management process of Centro Latinx social media presence.
- Maintains accuracy and effectiveness of the Centro Latinx website.
- Manages Centro Latinx listserv and ensures timely and appropriate responses to all students, faculty, staff, and community partners.
- Markets and promotes the Centro Latinx, BCJ, and their programming to all students to increase participation.
Fiscal and Center Operations:
- Provides timely/pertinent budgetary information to supervisor as necessary throughout the year.
- Processes university fiscal paperwork promptly and accurately.
- Routinely assesses the necessity of various expenditures, including but not limited to programming activities, student recognition, and professional development/training.
- Meets deadlines for all requests for reports, data, publications, and budgets.
- Ensures the responsible planning and expenditure of fiscal resources in a manner consistent with good fiduciary responsibility.
- Oversees the cleanliness and organization of the Center & BCJ as a whole, ensuring that all areas are tidy, well-maintained, and adhere to health and safety standards.
- Oversees the management of the Centro Latinx space and space reservations.
- Regularly inspects the facilities to identify any maintenance, safety, or operational issues, ensuring that the environment is safe and functional.
- Supports the Director with fundraising efforts in Centro Latinx.
- Performs other related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- A master's degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, or a related field and three years of experience with campus-wide programming, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Demonstrated experience in supervising and developing student staff including graduate assistants.
- Demonstrated experience in event management and/or student-centered programming with an emphasis on assessment of programmatic outcomes. Experience advising student organizations.
- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment.
- Demonstrated understanding and experience with complex issues around identity and equity; intercultural communication and competence; and cultural humility.
- Experience educating and training students on topics of diversity, inclusion, and difference.
- Knowledge of student development theory and understanding current issues, best practices, and higher education trends related the challenges facing students and staff from historically underrepresented communities such as people with disabilities, people of color, queer, transgender, gender diverse, first-generation, low-income, international, immigrant, undocumented, tribal, and indigenous communities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Four years of experience with campus-wide programming and supporting diverse students
- Leadership experience in program development, diversity programming/education
- Demonstrated experience with providing high-impact and culturally engaging educational programs
- Desire to participate in alumni engagement, fundraising and/or donor relations
- Experience designing learning outcomes and assessment metrics to support programmatic endeavors
- Understanding of the legal aspects of higher education
- Connected, engaged, and contributor to student affairs professional associations and the field
- Broad knowledge and understanding of university policies, procedures, and cultures
ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:
- Ability to respond to crisis situations according to organizational protocol, including evening and weekend
work as required - Ability to participate in and encourage a culture of assessment
- Strong critical and analytical thinking skills
- Exceptional oral and written communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
PREFERRED APPLICATION DEADLINE:
NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location. Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.